Gender disparity within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is a persistent global issue, with women being consistently underrepresented. Recent research indicates that inquiry-based practices may enhance students’ i...
Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide, with a considerable increase, especially in children. It is considered the main cause of childhood morbidity, school absenteeism, and limitations in sports practice. The causes are multi...
Developing the skills and interest in scientific research of medical students is crucial to ensuring effective healthcare systems. As such, in this study, we aimed to assess Portuguese-speaking medical students’ attitudes and perceptions toward...
The study aimed to identify the scientific literacy level of students at the end of the third cycle of Portuguese basic education and verify how the variables sex, failure, a liking for the subject, socio-economic level of the schools and course opti...
Due to COVID-19, many countries implemented emergency plans, such as lockdown and school closures. This new situation has significantly affected families, namely, the involvement required to support children’s learning at home. The current study aime...
Emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL) represent a critical and challenging time for teachers globally. To understand how Portuguese teachers interpreted their ERTL experiences of the first lockdown, we started by asking: What perspectives do...
The discussion about the use of digital technologies in education is not new. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the total closure of schools around the world, that forced millions of students to attend their classes from home, has demonstrated the i...
The conditions for safe Internet access and the development of skills enabling full participation in online environments are recognized in the Council of Europe’s strategy for child rights, from 2022. The guarantee of this right has implication...
Group cohesion is a prominent feature of sport involvement and small group work. Despite long-standing research interest and varied conceptualizations across fields, studies have primarily focused on sports. Research in educational contexts, particul...
Research on academic achievement highlights the combined role of cognitive abilities and motivational beliefs. Grounded in the CHC framework, this study examined how three broad cognitive abilities—verbal, numeric, and spatial—and academi...
In the last few years, it has been pointed out that teaching programming is a strong strategy to develop pupils’ competences in computational thinking (CT). In the Portuguese context, the curriculum changes in 2018 made programming and CT compu...
The benefits of reading aloud to young children for their reading development are well documented, and international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) offer an opportunity to explore its unique contribution to literacy achievement at both the primary a...
Students entering engineering programs often exhibit insufficient mathematics knowledge and considerable variability in prior training, which can create learning gaps and challenges for higher education integration. This study aims to characterize st...
16 August 2025
Background/Objectives: There is still debate about students’ health in medical schools. The aim of this study was to assess the proportion of chronic diseases among medical students and analyze their predictors. Methods: We performed a secondar...
The literature addresses Time Perspective and technology use among adolescents in various ways. However, the existing body of research remains limited, with gaps in both descriptive and comparative dimensions. Accordingly, this study aimed to describ...
Rethinking the role of education in the 21st century implies acknowledging the power of learning and the urgency of making learning provision more meaningful, inclusive, and student-centred, which assumes particular importance when learner disengagem...
Equity in science education remains a pressing global challenge, as persistent gender disparities continue to shape students’ participation, motivation, and career aspirations in STEM fields. This study examines whether a curriculum-integrated...
Research studies worldwide have focused on higher education dropout, persistence, and success. Given the profound changes in higher education that have taken place in recent decades, higher education institutions need to compete for students by attra...
20 April 2023
During and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, several works reflected on young people’s physical and psychological health. The Dual Factor Model, which we refer to as the quadripartite model, is useful for understanding children’s...
This work proposes a framework with which to analyse Higher Education Institution (HEI) students’ knowledge and understanding of circular economy (CE) concepts and the potential of the CE to promote sustainability, using a contest. The framewor...
The present study aims to characterize football fans and non-fans and to compare their psychopathological symptoms with the latest normative values for the Portuguese population from Canavarro in 2007. Results showed that football fans and non-fans a...
Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) have emerged as an alternative to Traditional Field Trips (TFTs), addressing logistical, financial, and accessibility constraints in geoscience education. This study presents a comparative analysis of the educational impact...
Background: The school curriculum is increasingly aligned with real-world contexts and transversal skills. Simultaneously, conceptions of intelligence now emphasize contextual, motivational, and emotional dimensions. These shifts raise questions abou...
Predictive analytics has become increasingly important in educational decision-making, supporting at-risk identification and adaptive tutoring. The accurate early prediction of school achievement can enable timely intervention. Using the Math Student...
This study sought to investigate the perceptions of teachers from the Porto Metropolitan Area regarding the use of augmented reality (AR) in primary and secondary education. Drawing on a quantitative, descriptive, and correlational research design, d...
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered profound social consequences, affecting all aspects of human activity, including education. The process of remote teaching that was implemented in response to this crisis is known as emergency remote teaching and learn...
Background/Objectives: Depressive symptoms are a major public health concern during adolescence, and brief, psychometrically sound, culturally adapted instruments are needed to support early identification in school settings. Although the PHQ-9 has p...
The “International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)” frames disability as an interaction between individual functioning and contextual factors, promoting participation over deficit-based models. In Portugal, the...
Background: Despite growing environmental awareness, young adults often show limited engagement in practical sustainability initiatives. This study explored university students’ perceptions, reported practices, barriers, and facilitators across...
Background: Nursing students face unique challenges during their university education, making them vulnerable to mental health problems. Psychological resilience has been identified as a protective factor against these issues. However, previous revie...
Background: After two years of psychological, physical, social, economic, environmental, and societal challenges, this paper examines the psychological health and well-being of Portuguese students based on their socioemotional skills (SSES), positive...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Portuguese government to declare various lockdowns between 2020 and 2022. The first State of Emergency was enforced in March 2020, in which face-to-face classroom teaching was repeatedly interrupted. At that time, fam...
Background/Objectives: Creativity has become an essential skill for children and adolescents to cope with the challenges of contemporary society. Beyond academic success, creativity is closely linked to well-being, social adjustment, and personal dev...
This article presents the development and validation process of a qualitative data collection instrument aimed at analysing natural sciences teachers’ perceptions of practical work in lower secondary education (third cycle) in Portugal. The met...
Introduction: Mentoring programs minimize stress and anxiety in recent graduates and in newly recruited nurses, guiding their careers and enabling them to retain their skills and correctly care for patients. The objective of this scoping review is to...
High sodium (salt) consumption is associated with an increased risk of developing non-communicable diseases. However, in most European countries, Portugal included, sodium intake is still high. This study aimed to assess the sodium content of school...
The deployment of green hydrogen technologies requires not only technological development but also adequate scientific and technological knowledge among future generations. This exploratory study evaluates group-level differences in hydrogen-related...